Verb Study Guide
Action Verbs tell what the subject is doing and action is involved.
Linking Verbs link the subject to a noun or adjective in the
predicate part of the sentence. A linking verb says
that the subject is something. The subject is not
doing action.
Some common linking verbs are:
Is, are, am, was, were, being, been, smell, look, taste,
feel, appear, remain, sound, seem, become, grow, stand
Helping Verbs come before the main verb and give the verb a
more specific meaning and help establish the
tense of the verb.
Some common helping verbs are:
Has, have, had, shall, will, should, could, would, must, can,
may, do, did, does
The forms of the verb be may also be helping verbs:
Is, are, was, were, am, being, been.
Verb Tenses: The tense of a verb tells when the action takes
Place.
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The simple tenses are Present, Past and Future tense.
Simple Present Tense: I like football. We practice every day.
Simple Past Tense: Bob kicked the football. Sean was the
quarterback until he was injured.
Simple Future Tense: I will like football forever. I will go to
practice every day.
Perfect Tense Verbs: Perfect tense is expressed with
certain helping verbs.
Present Perfect Tense: The present perfect tense states an
an action that is still going on. Add has or have before the past
tense or past participle of the main verb.
Bob has swum for two hours so far.
Past Perfect Tense: The past perfect tense states an action
that began and ended in the past. Add had before the past
tense.
Bob had swum for three hours before he finally quit.
Future Perfect Tense: The future perfect tense states an
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Action that will begin in the future and end at a specific time.
Add will have before the past participle form of the main verb.
Bob will have swum for five hours by noon tomorrow.
Irregular Verbs:
The past participle is used with the helping verb had, has or have.
Present Tense
am, is, are
begin
bite
blow
break
bring
catch
come
dive
do
draw
drink
drive
eat
fall
fight
fly
freeze
get
give
go
Past Tense
was, were
began
bit
blew
broke
brought
caught
came
dived, dove
did
drew
drank
drove
ate
fell
fought
flew
froze
got
gave
went
Future Tense
been
begun
bitten
blown
broken
brought
caught
come
dived
done
drawn
drunk
driven
eaten
fallen
fought
flown
frozen
gotten
given
gone
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Present Tense
grow
hang
hide
hold
keep
know
lay (place)
lLeave
lie (recline)
make
ride
ring
rise
run
see
shake
shine
shrink
sing
sink
sit
sleep
speak
spring
stand
steal
swear
swim
swing
take
Past Tense
grew
hung
hid
held
kept
knew
laid
left
lay
made
rode
rang
rose
ran
saw
shook
shone
shrank
sang, sung
sank, sunk
sat
slept
spoke
sprang, sprung
stood
stole
swore
swam
swung
took
Future Tense
grown
hung
hidden, hid
held
kept
known
laid
left
lain
made
ridden
rung
risen
run
seen
shaken
shone
shrunk
sung
sunk
sat
slept
spoken
sprung
stood
stolen
sworn
swum
swung
taken
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Present Tense
teach
tear
throw
wake
wear
weave
write
Past Tense
taught
tore
threw
woke
wore
wove
wrote
Future Tense
taught
torn
thrown
woken
worn
woven
written
Spelling Rules Review:
When making verbs past tense, you need to remember your
spelling rules.
For example, to make carry past tense you need to remember the
following rule:
When a regular verb ends in a consonant followed by a “y”
change the “y” to “i” and add “ed”
CARRIED
When making stop past tense, you need to remember the
following rule:
When a regular verb ends in a single vowel followed by a
single consonant, double the final consonant and add “ed”